Police in north central Nigeria say at least 14 people have died after a gasoline tanker caught fire and exploded. The Niger State police spokesman told The Associated Press on Thursday that some victims were trying to scoop gasoline from …
Survivors of a series of earthquakes that killed 81 people and injured more than 800 in a mountainous area of southwestern China were desperately waiting for more aid to arrive Sunday as jolting aftershocks kept fears high and hindered rescue …
Flood waters ravaged a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 19 people and destroying hundreds of homes, officials said Sunday. About 60 other people were missing and rescuers were looking for them across Sar-e-Pul, the capital of a …
The Haitian government says up to 10 people have died last week because of almost unabated rainfall in the southern and western parts of the country. Joseph Edgard Celestin of Haiti’s Civil Protection Office issued an update Friday on the …